Medicines Advertising (EEC Directive)

HC Deb 22 March 1979 vol 964 c707W

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the policy of the Government on the proposed EEC directive on the advertising of medicines.

Mr. Moyle

There is currently no extant draft EEC directive on the advertising of medicines.

There have been proposals to control the advertising of medicines put forward

	1958	1968	1978
Full upper or lower dentures	…	…	131,800	157,000	126,300
Full upper and lower dentures	…	…	674,900	840,000	461,000

The 1978 figures were affected by the dispute over dentists' fees and by the 1977 increase in charges to patients.